Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird (1989)
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In the late 1970s, a family deals with the father's cancer diagnosis and death. The story follows the Talbot family as they cope with loss and support one another.
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What happens
Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird is a Canadian television film, directed by Sandy Wilson and broadcast by CBC Television in 1988. Adapted from the novel by Jean Little, the film centres on the Talbots, a family in the late 70s who are coping with father John's (Geoffrey Bowes) diagnosis with and death of cancer. The cast includes Linda Griffiths as Kate Talbot, Louis Tripp as son Jeremy, Marsha Moreau as daughter Sarah and Martha Gibson as Aunt Margery, as well as Ken James, Rosa Anderson-Barker, Helen Hughes, Sam Aaron, Stuart Clow, Alana Shields, Sherry Bie, Lori Chodos, Mark Schofield, Jason Kravice, Jason Sorokin, Tommy Max, Gay Claitman and Steven Aiken in supporting roles. The film was broadcast on December 4, 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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